After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
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- Mister Arn16. juni 2025“They Were Expendable” is John Ford’s sobering take on World War II, following a PT boat squadron in the early, desperate days of the war in the Philippines. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery play officers trying to prove the worth of their PT boats. The film avoids spectacle and easy victories; instead, it delivers a quiet, measured tribute to those who served and were left behind. Made with a veteran’s eye, it’s unsentimental, which only makes its emotional weight hit harder.
- Jean-Marie Victor Jungblut11. desember 2024Real jewel of a movie. Retraced the War in the Pacific from its outbreak on the 7. December 1941 to abandonment of the Phillipines by the US forces in 1942 from the perspective of a squadron of PT boats. The cast is excellent and a series of missions from sinking Japanese war vessels to bringing US Gerneral MacArthur to Mindanao. Apart from a few cringy episodes involving a totally unromantic John Wayne involved in a melodramatic fling, the movie is highly entertaining and is worth watching over and over.
- James Edgar24. mai 2025A fabulous film
They Were Expendable-trivia
They Were Expendable ble utgitt 31. desember 1945.
They Were Expendable ble regissert av John Ford.
They Were Expendable har en spilletid på 2t, 15m.
They Were Expendable ble produsert av John Ford.
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Hovedpersonene i They Were Expendable er Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery), Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan (John Wayne), Lt. Sandy Davyss (Donna Reed).
They Were Expendable har aldersgrensen Approved.
They Were Expendable er en War, Drama, Action.
They Were Expendable har en publikumsvurdering på 7.3 av 10.